ASCII Soccer is a tool for investigating how groups of simple agents
interact while playing a soccer-like game. You can create your own
team strategies and test them against others. ASCII Soccer was developed
by
Tucker Balch
,
a Ph.D. student in
robotics
at Georgia Tech.
You might also be interested in a more sophisticated,
follow on to ASCII Soccer,
Java Soccer

Two teams of players attempt to push a ball across the other team's
goal. The game is viewed on your screen using patented ASCII-animation(tm)
technology.